Banned cleric barred from rescue ship

[Stella_Artois]

Exiled radical Islamic preacher Omar Bakri was turned away from a Royal Navy ship evacuating Britons from war-torn Beirut, it emerged today.

The Muslim cleric, who left Britain for Lebanon abruptly in August last year, tried to board the British ship yesterday. He also claimed he had written to the British embassy asking to be allowed to back on "humanitarian grounds".

Mr Bakri, who founded the now-disbanded radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun during his 20 years in Britain, was barred from the country for good by the then home secretary, Charles Clarke, days after he left.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1825779,00.html?gusrc=rss


This is the man who called for the death of a British Prime Minister, blamed the London bombings on every British person and said he would not inform the police if he knew of a terrorist attack about to happen. Now he's begging his enemies armed forces for help.

Oh, and he plotted to overthrow the Syrian government in the 1970's and is now in fear of his life if the Syrians come back to Beruit. Poor Lamb.

[Demit]

1. oopsie daisy, Omar. lotsa luck there, bucko.

[Monkeyman]

4. BRITS DID SOMETHING RIGHT HOLY CRAP BUSH'S TURN

[atreides1]

2. Karma is a bitch, isn't it Mr. Bakri

[Selatius]

3. If it's true he messed with Syria, then he probably running from Hezbollah

If Hezbollah finds him, they will likely execute him on behalf of Hezbollah's financiers in Damascus.

[Sam Odom]

5. Is he afraid of becoming a martyr ?

:rofl:

[Stella_Artois]

8. Who would have thought it ?

Turns out the man is a coward. I'm really shocked.

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Stay Put And Have Fun

As far as I'm concerned, Omar Bakri can stay put. If he wants to put his hindquarters where his mouth is, he can walk up to the Israeli front lines and try his luck there.

Maybe some Israeli marksman will have some good luck.

:evilgrin:

[MADem]

7. Awwwwww, poooooor guy....but he has RIGHTS!!!!!!!!! Oh, the HUMANITY!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

Fuck him, let him hook up with his Hizb'Allah pals--oops, he doesn't HAVE any of those, awwww, gee, seeing as they are in bed with Syria and Iran. Maybe they'll let him take shelter in one of their bunkers full of missiles, and he can hope the IDF hasn't acquired that target. The asshole.

He's a-reaping what he has sown.

Love the way he WHINES:

"I am appealing on behalf of my children who are worried and they want to see their own father. Do you want my little sons or my little family to come now to Lebanon? I don't think you want that."

Sure, we want that, ya douchebag....maybe you should have thought about all those people YOU condemned before shooting off your mouth and impacting your little children, boo hoo...shoe pinches on the other foot, eh???

Mr Bakri was born in Syria and is believed to hold joint Syrian and Lebanese citizenship. He was granted political asylum in the UK in the 1980s because of his involvement with Islamist groups opposed to the secular government of Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad, the father of Syria's current president.

Mr Bakri had praised the September 11 attackers and called for Britain to become an Islamist state, and is regarded as the spiritual leader of Al-Ghurabaa, the organisation responsible for February's Danish embassy protests against cartoons of Mohammed.

He voluntarily left Britain last August days after the Home Office announced it was looking at using treason charges to prosecute him over inflammatory comments made by his Islamist group al-Muhajiroun.

[Mandate My Ass]

10. The one's who call the loudest for violence against others

are the first to appeal to the humanity of others when in harm's way.

While I don't wish the kind of death on him he would on me, or any death, the squirming and squealing is somewhat amusing.

[11cents]

9. "This American Life" did a story on Omar Bakri.

By Jon Ronson. This kind of cravenness is standard ops for him. You can probably listen to the story in the This American Life archives:

http://www.thislife.org

It was re-broadcast lately, in the program called "Them."

[bleedingheart]

11. why would he want to be rescued by his enemy???

[MADem]

13. Can't get a good curry takeaway or fish N chips in Beirooouth, nowadays?

Or perhaps he's longing to stroll through Harrod's and see what's on offer...or he's needing to catch up on what's going on with EASTENDERS? WILL Billy make it to the church on time?? He's GOT to know!!!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/

[denverbill]

12. Haha. Go f yourself. Hateful theocratic murder-espousing dumbass.

And a coward to boot.

[maxsolomon]

14. Jesus would have let him on the Ship.

hate must be met with love - the hate will die, turning friends into enemies 1 at a time.

at least that is the theory - it would be interesting to see it applied to this situation. probably a first.

[Bush_MUST_Go]

15. Typical war monger. They love death until it affects them personally.

[maxsolomon]

16. true, but the quality of mercy is not strained

PORTIA: The quality of mercy is not strain'd,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.

[ellisonz]

17. There are hundreds of thousands of innocents...

who deserve evacuation before this scum. Good for the Brits.